An interactive decision support system for breast fine needle aspiration cytology

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-190

  Hamilton, Peter W ^a   Anderson, Neil H ^a   Diamond, Jim ^b   Bartels, Peter H ^c   Gregg, J Bertie ^b   Thompson, Deborah ^c   Millar, Richard J ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

aspiration biopsy; breast neoplasms; computer assisted decision making

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER; CYTOLOGY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0029895386     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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3. Bartels PH, Thompson D, Weber JE: Expert systems in histopathology: IV. The management of uncertainty. Analyt Quant Cytol Histol 1992;14:1-13
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5. Hamilton PW, Anderson N, Bartels PH, Thompson D: Expert system support using Bayesian belief networks in the diagnosis of fine needle aspiration biopsy specimens of the breast. J Clin Pathol 1994;47:329-336
6. Whimster WF, Hamilton PW, Anderson N, et al: Reproducibility of Bayesian belief network assessment of breast fine needle aspirates. Analyt Quant Cytol Histol (in press)